This is my house and this is my couch which was in the living room. But now, I found it in the street. I don’t know how it got out there. But that doesn't bear thinking about because it is hard for the human brain to imagine. My house used to be the most beautiful house in my eyes because all my dreams and my beautiful life were in it. But now my dreams and my life, which used to be beautiful, have turned into ashes. They all fell apart like my house did.

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